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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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